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Album	You	Global	Diff
Bright Flight Silver Jews	5	2.68	+2.32
The Nightfly Donald Fagen	5	3.01	+1.99
evermore Taylor Swift	5	3.04	+1.96
Smile Brian Wilson	5	3.06	+1.94
Trio Dolly Parton	5	3.13	+1.87
Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings	5	3.14	+1.86
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) Bob Dylan	5	3.15	+1.85
Bluesbreakers John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	5	3.16	+1.84
Mermaid Avenue Billy Bragg	5	3.17	+1.83
Buffalo Springfield Again Buffalo Springfield	5	3.18	+1.82

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	1	4	-3
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	1	3.83	-2.83
Master Of Puppets Metallica	1	3.73	-2.73
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	1	3.59	-2.59
Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys	1	3.56	-2.56
Arrival ABBA	1	3.5	-2.5
The Bends Radiohead	2	4.01	-2.01
Aha Shake Heartbreak Kings of Leon	1	2.97	-1.97
Leftism Leftfield	1	2.91	-1.91
Kala M.I.A.	1	2.91	-1.91

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	4	5
Prince	3	5
Neil Young	3	5
Beatles	4	4.5
Miles Davis	2	5
Fela Kuti	2	5
The Band	2	5
The Clash	2	5
Marvin Gaye	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Metallica	2	1.5
Radiohead	3	2

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Popular Reviews

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

2/5

Meh

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1-Star Albums (19)

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

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Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Album reminds me of my college professor who was a huge Van Morrison fan. The album is a really fun listen. Seemingly a timeless record with a song for every mood and occasion.

Heroes

David Bowie

5/5

It was an enjoyable album. A longer interlude in the middle of the album than expected. The last song rocks.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

It has that dark, grim tone like I expected. However, it was an enjoyable album. I will listen again.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

I was expecting it to be death metal, but it was very enjoyable. Changes is an all time song.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

I love the Talking Heads so it was a treat to listen to this album all the way through. 5 stars!

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

Album was fun, catchy and recognizable.

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

While I respect the punk scene and the music that came from it, this is personally not for me.

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

4/5

This is punk I can enjoy. Reminded me of The Replacements.

Rage Against The Machine

1/5

I couldn’t listen. Not me.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

I wanted to like it more. It was fairly flat throughout the album. No song stood out to me.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

It was a nice, dinner party type album. I enjoyed it. I have to be in a certain mood to listen again.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

5/5

A delightful listen. It was a great spread of jazz songs all packed into 2 20 minute beasts.

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

3/5

Fairly unremarkable album. Not bad, not great. Enjoyable.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

4/5

Really good pop album. Reminded me of my earlier years.

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Great album. I hadn’t listened to a lot of his stuff but it rocks.

War

3/5

A classic album. Reminds me of childhood.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

Sounded like some Seattle grunge rock. I can appreciate it but it is not my favorite.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Enjoyable album!

Nowhere

Ride

2/5

Relatively mid album. Not bad, not great.

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

I enjoyed it. It had some fun songs with a good mix of rock and synth.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

All around stellar album.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

Anticipated I was going to enjoy this, and I did very much. Funky!

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

4/5

There’s more to it than just Maggie May, I thought it was good!

Trio

Dolly Parton

5/5

All time album. So good!

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

2/5

Not what I was looking for today. Maybe it strikes more of a cord with me another day.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

This album banged.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

5/5. All time album.

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

I do not know what this is.

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Enjoyable album. Not really my favorite but enjoyable.

Moving Pictures

Rush

2/5

To me this was unremarkable.

Brothers

The Black Keys

5/5

Major throwback to high school. This is a great, well rounded album.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

Thought I didn’t like it; then realized it bangs.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

It was okay

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

1/5

Not for me

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Good ole fashioned rap.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Enjoyable. Couple of really good songs.

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

It was sometimes punk, sometimes country and always a mix of everything. Enjoyable.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Was alright. Was distracted listening but it seemed like a good album.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

Classic rap album.

Aja

Steely Dan

5/5

All time album. Gets a 5 from me.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Phenomenal jazz album.

Different Class

Pulp

2/5

Just meh.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

2/5

Didn’t complete it.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

Great album.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Average Christmas album

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Wonderful album.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

Very solid album.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

Meh.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Album was all over the place.

The Bends

Radiohead

2/5

Another meh.

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

4/5

Phenomenal jazz album.

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

3/5

Enjoyable.

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

So funky

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

I like beck

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

2/5

Didn’t make it through.

1984

Van Halen

3/5

Alright album

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

Funky

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Nice album

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

Great jazz album! Noted for future use.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

3/5

Super sad album.

S&M

Metallica

2/5

I didn’t want to like it, but actually thought it was okay.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Kinda sad kinda weird

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

All time

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Very good album obviously

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

3/5

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

4/5

Great album. Didn’t know John had that dawg in him.

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

3/5

Seemed like a standard 70s rock album.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Loved it

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

5/5

Desert blues for the win.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

I’m finding myself to really be enjoying Nick Cave.

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

3/5

Enjoyable!

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

Solid album with a lot of memories.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

2/5

Meh

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

2/5

I wanted to like it more than I did.

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

4/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

Fela Kuti is the man. Great album.

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

2/5

Meh

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

Unsure. Wanted to like it more than I did.

Picture Book

Simply Red

4/5

Jazzy. Funky. Enjoyable.

Dire Straits

4/5

Much more enjoyable than anticipated.

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

1/5

Dog water.

evermore

Taylor Swift

5/5

5 stars for Meghan!

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Banger.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

5/5

Always 5 stars for Mr. Nelson

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

‘‘Twas alright.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Solid. Not great. Not bad.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Wasn’t much of a fan.

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

Meh

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Enjoyable

Night Life

Ray Price

4/5

Banger classic country.

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

2/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

2/5

So mid.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Common

5/5

All time album.

Live!

Fela Kuti

5/5

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

2/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

I wanted to like it more

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

2/5

Teen Dream

Beach House

4/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Stephen Stills

4/5

Goo

Sonic Youth

2/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Was a banger.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

3/5

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Reminded me of childhood and listening to Pops play this album.

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

2/5

Not sure I was a fan.

Adele

4/5

Honestly was a banger

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

5/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

Eagles

3/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

The Band

5/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

2/5

Sad

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Odelay

Beck

3/5

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

3/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

John Prine

5/5

All time album.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

White Denim

2/5

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

1999

Prince

5/5

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

2/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

Tical

Method Man

2/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

4/5

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

4/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

4/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

Black Metal

Venom

1/5

Mott

Mott The Hoople

3/5

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Django Django

2/5

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

2/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

2/5

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

4/5

Peter Gabriel

2/5

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

3/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

3/5

Bossanova

Pixies

2/5

Odessa

Bee Gees

2/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

1/5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

2/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

2/5

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

1/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

1/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Black Sabbath

1/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Easy listening. Was enjoyable to work to.

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Easy listening. Was enjoyable to work to.

A Seat at the Table

Solange

2/5

Easy listening. Was enjoyable to work to.

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

5/5

Wonderful surprise.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Wonderful surprise.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

5/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

5/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

5/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

The Score

Fugees

3/5

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

2/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

5/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

3/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

No notes. Perfect.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

2/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Leftism

Leftfield

1/5

Dare!

The Human League

2/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

Scott 2

Scott Walker

2/5

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

2/5

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

3/5

I didn’t enjoy it as much as I was hoping to.

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

3/5

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3/5

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

2/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

5/5

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

2/5

The Stone Roses

3/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

2/5

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

Signing Off

UB40

2/5

Phrenology

The Roots

2/5

Wanted to enjoy it more.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

2/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

2/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

1/5

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

2/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

4/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

Eternally Yours

The Saints

3/5

Solid Air

John Martyn

2/5

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

5/5

Arrival

ABBA

1/5

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

3/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

2/5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

1/5

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

3/5

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

4/5

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

3/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

5/5

My Generation

The Who

3/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Low

David Bowie

3/5

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

4/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

Technique

New Order

3/5

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

3/5

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

2/5

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

1/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

5/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

3/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

5/5

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

2/5

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

5/5

Smile

Brian Wilson

5/5

RIP.

The Clash

5/5

Kala

M.I.A.

1/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

2/5

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

3/5

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

2/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

2/5

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

3/5

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

2/5

Let It Be

The Replacements

5/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

The Rise & Fall

Madness

4/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

Roots

Sepultura

1/5

One World

John Martyn

3/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

1/5

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

1/5

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

1/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

2/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

3/5

A Northern Soul

The Verve

4/5

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

5/5

Pyromania

Def Leppard

2/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5